MEMBERSHIP
In order to use the
squash court you need to be member of the Ups Club. At the moment all ICR and
RMH employees are automatic ‘Corporate Members’. For any other type
of membership a form can be obtained from:
Royal Marsden Hospital
canteen
UPS and Downs Club Foyer
'Sports & Social Web Pages', Membership section (
UPS & Downs Club Membership Form)
Squash Membership Secretary (list on Squash Section Home
Page )
UPS and Downs Club Secretary (see list on Web Pages UPS
& Downs Management Committee).
Once you've joined, the
access code for entry to the court can be obtained from the Squash Membership
Secretary (see list on Squash Section Home Page). For
court booking see Booking and Using the Court.
BOOKING and USING the
COURT
Full detail via Booking
and Using the Court
link.
GUESTS and TASTERS
Only Ups Club
members may play squash as The Ups Club is a members-only club. However members
may bring a guest with them to play. Members must inform one of the Squash Committee that they have brought
a guest - this will be logged. The guest however can only attend a maximum of three times. This is a stipulation of
our squash insurance policy (click for
link), and the official name for these attendances is a ‘Taster’ Session. Under the
insurance stipulations, each Taster
Session and the guest name has to be recorded in a log. The log file is called Squash Guest
Taster Log File 26.01.09.xls and is administered by the Squash
Committee and password protected for confidentiality.
The Squash Committee
reserves the right to give consideration to certain categories of non-members
to use the court, for example in July 2022 there was a request from the Royal
Marsden Physiotherapy Department asking if a recovering patient could use the court.
This request was considered and granted with consensus by the Squash Committee
with the stipulation that a committee member was present for the session - see VGM 13.09.22.
Children (U18) Associate or Family Members cannot
play without supervision from a parent or legal guardian. U18’s must be Associate or Family Members of the Ups Club. U18’s who are not members
will not be allowed to attend as
Guests. Parents supervising U18 Associate or Family Members must have the CONSENT of the
non-dependant Associate or Family Member to play. Verbal permission is OK. U18
Associate or Family Members cannot bring Guests to play. These points are
covered in our Draft Children’s
and Vulnerable Adults Policy.
LEAGUES
The Squash Section ran competitive
leagues until March 2020, when we had to suspend
them due to COVID
19.
They sadly never resumed
LEAGUES (Novice)
In April 2004 the
Section introduced Novice Leagues. These were also sadly suspended in March
2020.
FRIENDLY'S
The section has a
friendly contact list for those players who do not wish to play competitively (Friendly Contact List )
COACHING
The Squash Section ran
coaching courses from July 1998 - July 2022. We ran two formal (6 week)
coaching courses every year with a Squash Racquets Association qualified coach.
The coaching courses were aimed at all level of
players, especially total beginners.
Following the sad loss of our long standing coach in 2022, coaching was put on
hold for the time being.
SQUASH WEB INFO
Access to the squash
web pages via:
http://theupsclub.co.uk/upsdowns/_squash.htm
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